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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="betting-e2">{"type":"betting-e2","data":{"key":{"mobile":"fb9f812b41240655c161bb3d4ad2cf3f","desktop":"671024543858da3e0dfea5d9450ab1a4"}}}</script><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Norwegian forward boasts plenty of pace</li><li>German sprinter ready to take him on</li><li>Hummels beaten in previous race</li></ul>

Man City striker Erling Haaland challenged to race by ‘world’s sexiest athlete’ Alica Schmidt – Who would win over 400m?

<p>Haaland was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/fastest-player-premier-league/bltb5e37e414ceeb816" target="_blank">clocked running at 22.5mph during the 2022-23 campaign</a> – in which he helped City to a historic Treble – and is famed for his pace and power in footballing circles. He <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/not-so-fast-alan-shearer-erling-haaland-ready-to-chase-down-premier-league-goal-record/blt56bb8e55ebbd0026" target="_blank">hit 52 goals last season</a> and boasts the kind of acceleration that would trouble any defence.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Schmidt has been in action at the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, with the 400m her go-to event – as she averages a speed of 17mph over that distance. The 24-year-old, who is also a model and boasts 4.3 million followers on Instagram, believes that she could take Haaland during a race around one lap of the track – although concedes that she would find it “more difficult” over 200m.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Schmidt has told <a href="https://www.dagbladet.no/video/frir-til-haaland-jeg-er-klar/eZJCPKHH " target="_blank"><em>Dagbladet</em></a> of potentially lining up against Norwegian hot-shot Haaland: “Hmm, I don't know - maybe. I think, on 400m, yes. On 200m, it would be more difficult. But I would be happy if the race takes place. I don't know, I have to ask him. But I'm always ready. So, Haaland, if you're ready to race, I would be happy. Let's see who's faster!”</p>

WHAT THEY SAID

<p>Schmidt previously posed a similar challenge to Borussia Dortmund’s World Cup-winning defender Mats Hummels back in 2021 – a race she won comfortably, with Hummels admitting that his fellow German “makes it look so easy”. Hummels was, however, 32 at the time and Haaland is only 23.</p>

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Man City striker Erling Haaland challenged to race by ‘world’s sexiest athlete’ Alica Schmidt – Who would win over 400m? | Goal.com English Oman

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been challenged to a race by Alica Schmidt – the German sprinter dubbed “the world’s sexiest athlete”.

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